Hayworth raised more money in the NY House election than her opponent, a trend shared by 13 other Republicans in contested House races in 2012. She had raised $2.2 million through June 30th, more than double the $738,382 she raised two years ago at this time. She has $1.5 million in the bank, compared to $775,000 four years ago. Her opponent, Sean Patrick Maloney in comparison had $264,364 in the bank and raised $675,771 through June 30th. Timothy Persico, Maloney’s campaign manager, alleged Hayworth was raising her money through special interests-“PACS and corporate lobbyists have sent over a million dollars to Congresswoman Hayworth because she’s worth every penny.”<ref>[http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-31/republicans-outraising-democratic-rivals-in-house-races.html “Republicans Outraising Democratic Rivals In House Races” Bloomberg.com Accessed August 2, 2012.]</ref>

Hayworth raised more money in the NY House election than her opponent, a trend shared by 13 other Republicans in contested House races in 2012. She had raised $2.2 million through June 30th, more than double the $738,382 she raised two years ago at this time. She has $1.5 million in the bank, compared to $775,000 four years ago. Her opponent, Sean Patrick Maloney in comparison had $264,364 in the bank and raised $675,771 through June 30th. Timothy Persico, Maloney’s campaign manager, alleged Hayworth was raising her money through special interests-“PACS and corporate lobbyists have sent over a million dollars to Congresswoman Hayworth because she’s worth every penny.”<ref>[http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-31/republicans-outraising-democratic-rivals-in-house-races.html “Republicans Outraising Democratic Rivals In House Races” Bloomberg.com Accessed August 2, 2012.]</ref>

Biography

Hayworth was born in Chicago, Illinois. She earned a B.A. from Princeton University in 1981, and an M.D. from Cornell University in 1985.[3]

Career

After earning her degrees, Hayworth worked as an opthalmologist, both at her own practice and as a partner in the Mount Kisco Medical Group. Hayworth also served as an attending physician at Northern Westchester Hospital and as an Instructor and Assistant Clinical Professor at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York.[4]

Elections

2012

Hayworth lost her re-election bid in 2012. Due to New York's redistricting, she ran in the newly redrawn 18th district.[8] She was unopposed in the Republican, Conservative, and Independence party primaries and was defeated by Sean Maloney (D) in the November 6, 2012, general election.[9] Hayworth was removed from the Independence ticket by the state appeals court, upholding a ruling by the state Supreme Court that only the names on her petition that were signed were valid. The names printed on the petition were not counted and as a result, Hayworth did not have enough signatures to remain on the Independence ticket. In 2010, she received 5,400 Independence votes. The loss of the Independence votes in the 2012 election was expected to tighten the race.[10] She was defeated by Sean Maloney on November 6, 2012.[11]

Hayworth raised more money in the NY House election than her opponent, a trend shared by 13 other Republicans in contested House races in 2012. She had raised $2.2 million through June 30th, more than double the $738,382 she raised two years ago at this time. She has $1.5 million in the bank, compared to $775,000 four years ago. Her opponent, Sean Patrick Maloney in comparison had $264,364 in the bank and raised $675,771 through June 30th. Timothy Persico, Maloney’s campaign manager, alleged Hayworth was raising her money through special interests-“PACS and corporate lobbyists have sent over a million dollars to Congresswoman Hayworth because she’s worth every penny.”[13]

Push for bipartisanship

In the run up to the election, many republicans are trying to show that they are bipartisan and willing to work with Democrats. Hayworth has started to push the point that she has voted with Obama one-third of the time and stating that she has been in the center of the Republican party since she was elected. In a recent poll conducted by the New York Times and CBS news, results found that nearly 44% of Americans blamed Republicans for the deadlock in Congress. Republicans are trying to hold on to their districts with showing themselves to be more bipartisan.[14]

On October 15, 2012, quarterly reports were submitted by campaigns to the Federal Election Commission. The political blog Daily Kos did an analysis of the fundraising figures and found Democratic challenger Sean Maloney outraised Republican incumbent Nan Hayworth in the third quarter. Maloney raised $926,000 and has $855,000 in cash-on-hand while Hayworth raised $573,000 and has $785,000 in cash-on-hand.[19]

2010

Breakdown of the source of Hayworth's campaign funds before the 2010 election.

Hayworth was elected to the U.S. House in 2010. Her campaign committee raised a total of $2,182,668 and spent $2,129,637.[20]

U.S. House, New York, 2010 - Nan Hayworth Campaign Contributions

Total Raised

$2,182,668

Total Spent

$2,129,637

Total Raised by General Election Opponent

$2,173,257

Total Spent by General Election Opponent

$2,292,623

Top contributors to Nan Hayworth's campaign committee

Mount Kisco Medical Group

$78,550

Vestar Capital Partners

$70,000

Elliott Management

$25,499

Club for Growth

$23,528

Credit Suisse Group

$14,400

Top 5 industries that contributed to campaign committee

Health Professionals

$225,900

Securities & Investment

$141,133

Health Services/HMOs

$100,400

Lawyers/Law Firms

$89,935

Leadership PACs

$78,900

Analysis

Congressional Staff Salaries

The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Hayworth paid her congressional staff a total of $815,137 in 2011. Overall, New York ranks 28th in average salary for representative staff. The average U.S. House of Representatives congressional staff was paid $954,912.20 in fiscal year 2011.[21]

Net worth

Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org - The Center for Responsive Politics, Higgins' net worth as of 2010 was estimated between $9,347,241 to $22,463,000. Averaging to a net worth of $15,905,120.50 which is higher than the average net worth of Republicans in 2010 of $7,561,133.[22]

Percentage voting with party

November 2011

Nan Hayworth voted with the Republican Party 89.9% of the time, which ranked 200th among the 242 House Republican members as of December 2011.[23]

Personal

Hayworth has been a resident of New York’s 19th congressional district since 1988. She and her husband, Dr. Scott Hayworth, live in Bedford with their two sons, Will and Jack, both of whom attended Bedford Central public schools.[24]